Posted on 10/04/2022 5:57:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The solar flare, a powerful X1 (the mildest form of the strongest category of flares) erupted from the sun on Sunday at 3:53 p.m. EDT (1953 GMT) and peaked about 30 minutes later. Since solar flares travel at the speed of light, the burst of electromagnetic radiation caused an immediate radio blackout up to an hour long on the sun-facing side of the planet. The affected region included the whole of the U.S., according to the SpaceWeatherWatch(opens in new tab).
The radio blackout, classed by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a strong R3 category, likely affected rescue workers using 25 MHz radios to communicate in areas where the rampage of Hurricane Ian knocked down cell phone networks. The disruption in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere caused by the flare may also have made GPS positioning unavailable or less accurate, space weather physicist Tamitha Skov said on Twitter(opens in new tab).
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
“Both flares originated from sunspot (a darkened area of intense magnetic activity on the sun’s surface) called AR3110 in the northwestern part of the sun’s visible disk and each was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), which is a burst of magnetized particles from the sun’s upper atmosphere, the corona. The two plasma clouds may now be heading to Earth, following a couple of earlier CMEs that exploded from the sun on Saturday (Oct. 1).
“Simultaneously, a stronger-than-usual solar wind, a stream of charged particles constantly emanating from the sun, is currently blowing toward our planet from a coronal hole (an opening in the magnetic field of the sun). The combination means that the CMEs may trigger a noticeable geomagnetic storm on Earth in the coming days. NOAA predicts(opens in new tab) that a moderate (G2) geomagnetic storm might hit the planet on Tuesday (Oct. 4), possibly causing minor power grid issues at high latitudes and affecting satellites in low Earth orbit.”
But we can ‘solve’ Climate Change by eating bugs and throwing more money at Mother Government.
The ‘science’ is settled! The Sun controls nothing on Earth. NOTHING!
*SMIRK*
Stopped chain saws and wrenches cold.
“likely affected rescue workers using 25 MHz radios to communicate in areas where the rampage of Hurricane Ian knocked down cell phone networks.”
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“likely?”
I’m thinking the shifting and weakening electromagnetic field might have some effect as well...
“Likely”, “may have”. Really, do these writers have nothing better to do other then speculate? Did they even try to find out if anything like they described actually happened? I doubt it.
Didn’t Nancy pelosi,and the Magnificent Demos, already solve all that is wrong with creation/nature?
NEAT TRICK...........................
electromagnetic radiation caused an immediate radio blackout up to an hour long on the sun-facing side of the planet.
After the 8 minute delay cause by the distance from the sun to the earth, the electromagnetic radiation caused an radio blackout up to an hour long on the sun-facing side of the planet.
There.
I fixed it
Desantis’ fault too?
This sun flare would not have happened if the Florida state government had spent adequately on programs to alleviate poverty in communities of color and LGBTQs.
So THATāS why my ROKU was acting stupid!
Yes you did. Good job!
You would think āscience writersā would know betterā¦
Yeh! I think you hit the nail on the head. A solar flare is bits of matter. They do NOT go the speed of light. The photons associated do, but, the protons, and other particles can’t.
Trump’s fault.
He refused to sign demoncrat legislation that would have banned solar flares.
I fully expect them to not know anything.
They believe that fossil fuels cause global warming.
It doesn’t set the bar very high
POSSIBLE CANNIBAL CME EVENT: According to NOAA forecasters, multiple CMEs are heading for Earth. ETA: Oct. 4th. This could be a “Cannibal CME” event. Take a look at this NOAA model. Cannibal CMEs form when a fast-moving CME devours one or more slower CMEs ahead of it. The combined cloud contains tangled magnetic fields that can do a good job sparking auroras. Storm levels could reach category G2 if/when the Cannibal arrives. Aurora alerts: SMS Text
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